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France: Brittany villages blazing a trail in energy self-sufficiency

2013-05-05 11:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Guardian: Jacky Aignel, the leader of Saint Gouéno council in Brittany, looks at the cranes hoisting blades to the top of a wind-mast: "We've been waiting so long for this," he sighs. The wind turbine is finally nearing completion, the result of a lengthy struggle by this small locality in Côtes d'Armor. The Enercon E53, with a rated capacity of 850kW and the first of a series of seven, is no ordinary beast. It is the result of a clever financial package that allows local residents to invest in the scheme...

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Things Go Better as Coke Supply Chain Delivers Medicine to Remote African Villages

2013-04-27 12:56:39| Beverages - Topix.net

Women in rural areas of the developing world often have to walk all day to get to a health clinic to retrieve the oral rehydration packets needed to treat their children's diarrhea, a leading killer for those under the age of five.

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Sea level rise forces Fiji villages to move

2013-04-10 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Radio Australia: Two villages in Fiji are being re-located because rising sea levels are forcing them from their present homes. Vunidogoloa village in the north is the first to suffer the impact of climate change with salt water flowing into the village. In the south of Fiji plans are being drawn up to move Narikoso village also suffering from the effects of climate change and sea level rise. From Fiji, freelance journalist Samisoni Pareti joins Pacific Beat.

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BC villages ocean fertilization experiment probed

2013-03-29 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

CBC: Environment Canada's enforcement branch has executed search warrants in British Columbia as part of an investigation into a controversial iron-fertilization experiment that took place off the coast of Haida Gwaii, B.C., last summer, CBC's the fifth estate has learned. In July 2012, the Haida village of Old Massett and an American businessman dumped 100 tonnes of iron-rich dust into the ocean off Haida Gwaii, sparking international controversy. In an exclusive interview, Ken Rea, chief councillor...

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